Cam Hamilton, acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security oversight hearing of FEMA on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 7, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
The White House released a list of nominees on Monday for various positions across the federal government, including former Navy SEAL Cameron Hamilton to take over as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lead—a position he was fired from a year ago.
As temporary administrator for the disaster agency last year, he defended FEMA against President Donald Trump’s criticism of its existence and the administration’s preference to dismantle it, which Hamilton said was not in the country’s best interests.